The complete fulfillment of this prophecy belongs to the Christian Church. There is a close analogy between Jeremiah at the first destruction of Jerusalem and our Lord at the second. There the good fi...
CHAPTER 24 The Two Baskets of Figs _ 1. The vision of the two baskets of figs (Jeremiah 24:1) _ 2. The vision interpreted (Jeremiah 24:4) Jeremiah 24:1. Jeconiah, with the choicest of the nat
THE GOOD AND BAD FIGS. The prophet sees (either in vision or actuality; see on Jeremiah 1:11; Jeremiah 1:13; _cf._ Amos 7:1, etc.) baskets of good and bad figs respectively; Yahweh tells him that the...
FOR. WILL SET MINE EYES. And. will set Mine eye. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "eyes" (plural) with Authorized Version. BUILD... PLANT. Compare Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 18:7...
_I will plant them_ Cp. Jeremiah 31:27 f., Jeremiah 32:41....
See introd. summary to section....
I WILL BUILD THEM, &C.— Though this prophesy has its completion in part in the restoration of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, yet both this and the following verse will have their perfect comp...
_2. The meaning of the good figs_ (Jeremiah 24:4-7) TRANSLATION (4) Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: As these good figs, thus will I regard as go...
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. I WILL BUILD THEM...
THE TWO BASKETS OF FIGS The evil figs were such of the people as had not been carried away with Jehoiachin to Babylon after the first siege of Jerusalem, 597 b.c., but had failed to draw any warning...
I WILL SET MINE EYES UPON THEM FOR GOOD. — The state of the Jews at Babylon at the time of the return from exile was obviously far above that of slaves or prisoners. They had money (Ezra 2:69), they c...
וְ שַׂמְתִּ֨י עֵינִ֤י עֲלֵיהֶם֙ לְ טֹובָ֔ה וַ
CHAPTER XXXI RESTORATION II THE NEW ISRAEL Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1;...
CHAPTER VIII BAD SHEPHERDS AND FALSE PROPHETS Jeremiah 23:1, Jeremiah 24:1 "Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!"- Jeremiah 23:1 "Of what avail is straw instead...
TWO BASKETS OF FIGS Jeremiah 24:1-10 These two baskets represent the different, fates that overlook the people at the fall of Jerusalem. The good figs in the first were those who were taken to Babylo...
Still speaking to Zedekiah, Jeremiah repeated three prophecies from the past, the first being a vision after Jeconiah's (Jehoiachin's) captivity, the second being a message delivered in the fourth yea...
_Up, till the Messias appear, and the true Israel of God, his disciples, to whom the promises chiefly pertain. They will continue for ever. If this answer does not give satisfaction, as it ought, we m...
Here the Lord himself becomes the Preacher to the Prophet, and explains. The bad figs, represented Zedekiah and his court, still in the land, but against whom, the Lord would in his own appointed time...
He confirms what he said in the last verse, but in other words, for it was difficult to persuade them that they were happier who were apparently lost, than those who still enjoyed some measure of safe...
Two things attract our attention in chapter 24. First, submission to the judgment of God when He executes it is the proof of intelligence in His word-of real spirituality. WANT OF FAITH LEANS, NOT ON...
FOR I WILL SET MINE EYES UPON THEM FOR GOOD,.... His eyes of omniscience, providence, and grace; to communicate good things to them; to take care of them in the furnace of affliction, that they were n...
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull [them] down; and I will plant them, and not pluck [them] up. Ver. 6. _For I...
_Thus saith the Lord God of Israel_ Here the Lord explains the parable of the good figs, the figs _first ripe._ These represented the pious captives who were sent first into captivity, as if they had...
For I will set Mine eyes upon them for good, being most attentive to their wants in this respect, AND I WILL BRING THEM AGAIN TO THIS LAND; AND I WILL BUILD THEM AND NOT PULL THEM DOWN, as a building...
A TYPE OF JUDAH'S FUTURE...
I WILL SET MINE EYES UPON THEM FOR GOOD; the soul looking out at the eye, discovereth its inclinations and affection, whether of love or wrath. Hence we read of God's setting his eyes upon people _for...
Jeremiah 24:6 set H7760 (H8804) eyes H5869 good H2896 back H7725 (H8689) land H776 build H1129 ...
THE TWO BASKETS OF FIGS - ZEDEKIAH AND JERUSALEM ARE FATED TO DESTRUCTION AND EXILE (JEREMIAH 24:1). The subsection opened with a report concerning the future of Zedekiah and Jerusalem, and it now clo...
CONTENTS: Sign of the figs. Judah's restoration, but not those of the second deportation. CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah, Zedekiah. CONCLUSION: The same providence which to some is a...
Jeremiah 24:2. _One basket had very good figs._ This was emblematical of the better sort of people, who were carried away under Jeconiah, and sent to Babylon for their good. It is much the same with t...
_For I will set Mine eyes upon them for good, and l will bring them again to this land._ GOD’S REGARD FOR HIS PEOPLE I. The nature of God’s declaration respecting Himself, “I will set Mine eves upon...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. _Vide_ previous chapter. _Cf._ 2 Kings 24:10. NATURAL HISTORY. “_Baskets of Figs:_” Vide _Natural History_ notes on chaps. Jeremiah 5:17, Jeremiah 8:13. The “first r
EXPOSITION Again Jeremiah's ungrateful task is to take up an attitude of direct opposition to the king (comp. Jeremiah 22:13), though, indeed, Zedekiah personally is so weak and dependent on others th...
Now in chapter 24. The LORD showed me, and, behold, there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away the captives Jeconiah the s...
1 Peter 3:12; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Deuteronomy 11:12; Ezekiel 11:15;...